UW Today's press release about HCDE Professor Charlotte Lee's and graduate student Alex Thayer's research earlier this week triggered a number of reports across the nation and internationally. Below, a selection of articles that were published, by date:

May 2, 2011

• "Study: E-Readers Need Work Before Schools Toss Out Textbooks," PCMag, 2 May 2011
• "College students' Use of Kindle DX Points to e-Reader's Role in Academia," Science Blog, 2 May 2011
• "E-readers not yet ready to be taken up by students," Digital Trends, 2 May 2011
• "UW study of Kindle usage shows why students aren't shelving real books," GeekWire, 2 May 2011
• "UW study: Kindle DX long way from being BMOC," TechFlash, 2 May 2011
• "Study: Kindles Aren't Quite All That With The Kids On Campus," CrunchGear, 2 May 2011
• "Kindle so-so for students, UW study concludes," Seattle Times (Brier Dudley's blog), 2 May 2011
• "College Students' Use of Kindle DX Points to E-Reader's Role in Academia," Physorg.com, 2 May 2011
• "UW study snubs Amazon's Kindle DX," KCPQ-13 FOX News (Seattle), 2 May 2011
• "College Students' Use of Kindle DX Points to E-Reader's Role in Academia," ScienceDaily, 2 May 2011
• "Study: Kindles Aren’t Quite All That With The Kids On Campus," IT Tech Blog, 2 May 2011

May 3, 2011

• "E-Readers No Replacement For Textbooks, Students Say," IT Pro Portal, 3 May 2011
• "E-Readers Fail at Education," Fast Company, 3 May 2011
• "Ebooks are not ready for students yet," fudZilla, 3 May 2011
• "'Kindle DX' use by college students points to e-reader's role in academia," Sify News, 3 May 2011
• "E-readers still unable to evict paper books," Top News, 3 May 2011
• "First Long-Term E-Reader Study Compares Textbooks with Kindle DX," DailyTech, 3 May 2011
• "Quick Takes: Mixed Reviews in Study of Kindle Use," Inside HigherEd, 3 May 2011
• "eReaders Do Not Support College Student Needs, Study Suggests," The Huffington Post, 3 May 2011
• "Study: Kindles Aren’t Quite All That With The Kids On Campus," KnowAllThat.com, 3 May 2011
• "College students' use of Kindle DX points to e-reader's role in academia," world.edu, 3 May 2011 (reprint of UW press release)
• "E-Readers Need Work Before Schools Toss Out Textbooks," Kashar Technology News, 3 May 2011
• "'Kindle DX' use by college students points to e-reader's role in academia," newKerala.com, 3 May 2011

May 4, 2011

• "E-readers not suitable for US students, study finds," The Independent, 4 May 2011
• "Amazon Kindle not about to muscle out college textbooks," Tech Watch, 4 May 2011
• "E-readers need more work before school launch, study says," News Tonight, 4 May 2011
• "Kindle so-so for students, UW study concludes," The Modesto Bee (repost of Seattle Times article), 4 May 2011
• "Kindle so-so for students, UW study concludes," Kansas City Star (repost of Seattle Times article), 4 May 2011
• "Does digital text create a cognitive gap?," O'Reilly Radar, 4 May 2011
• "Kindle DX Study," Macquarie University Learning and Teaching Centre Blog, 4 May 2011
• "Les e-readers, pas encore adaptés à la formation?" MSN France, via L'Atelier, 4 May 2011

May 5, 2011

• "The Kindle DX is not yet ready for college," Tainted Green, 5 May 2011
• "Digital Texts in Education—E-Readers Still Have Limitations, But the Path Forward Is Clearer," Scholarly Kitchen, 5 May 2011

May 10, 2011

• "Study says Kindle less than stellar for students," The Providence Journal, 10 May 2011

May 16, 2011

• "Students not ready to adopt Kindle for notes and reading," The International Herald Tribune, 16 May 2011

May 17, 2011

• "A Solid Book Trumps Digital Dizziness," Worcester Telegram, 17 May 2011

May 19, 2011

• "Kindle is only so-so for students," Minneapolis Star Tribune (repost of May 2 Seattle Times article), 19 May 2011

July 5, 2011

• "E-books may inhibit student comprehension," smartplanet.com, 5 July 2011 (also posted on greenwink.com)

July 18, 2011

• "Amazon lets students rent Kindle textbooks," cnet.com, 18 July 2011

July 19, 2011

• "Amazon’s Kindle making new attempt to fit in at college," GeekWire, 19 July 2011

August 9, 2011

• "Is an e-book reader right for you?," Consumer Reports, 9 August 2011

August 11, 2011

• "Schools, beware the e-book bandwagon," The News Tribune, 12 August 2011 (originally published in the Dallas Morning News on 5 August 2011 (subscriber only access); also published in The Olympian)

September 3, 2011

• "In an e-reader era, students prefer paper," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 3 September 2011

The Computer Supported Collaboration (CSC) Lab blog has also been tracking media related to this research.